Background
She was born on January 18, 1891 to William Frederic Pendleton.
She was born on January 18, 1891 to William Frederic Pendleton.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University in 1914.
As part of her graduate work at the University of Virginia, in 1917-1918, she did parallax observations for Professor Samuel Alfred Mitchell at the McCormick Observatory. She was the Dean of Women at Bryn Athyn College from 1943 to 1958 and also headed the astronomy department.
She organized the Bryn Athyn team for Operation Moonwatch explaining: "I wanted to do something practical for the International Geophysical Year.
She died on January 1, 1959.
I felt this was the best way to help." She was a member of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society from 1935 to 1959, serving as its secretary 1950-1951.